Chapter 249 Be a Person of Integrity
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The bed curtain swayed dangerously under the sudden weight, and the pearls and gemstones hanging from it shook violently, the small golden bells on the corners producing a tinkling sound.
For a moment, Mingzhu almost thought that the canopy would collapse under their antics, but Yuwen Chu paid no attention. He laid back on the couch, eyebrows relaxed, eyes bright as he looked at her. Seeing her sitting still, he smiled gently, “A true hero dares to take responsibility.”
His voice was deep and low, but it made Mingzhu feel ticklish to her bones. With her eyes closed, she found it difficult to come down from the initial burst of passion and impulsiveness. All that was left was embarrassment and regret. She forgot what had happened, but she just wanted to overpower Yuwen Chu, who always made her feel embarrassed and mischievous, forcing him to beg for mercy under her dominance.
But now, no matter how she looked at it, she was the one who wanted to beg for mercy and flee. Mingzhu silently withdrew her legs, wanting to slip away, but Yuwen Chu held onto her waist tightly, his voice hoarse, “Do you want to cause trouble and then abandon it?”
Cause trouble and then abandon it? Where did he learn to use such words? Mingzhu instinctively raised her eyes to retort, but they happened to meet Yuwen Chu’s eyes. Those eyes, shining like stars, were full of love. Mingzhu felt that this word should be used to describe them. Besides this word, she couldn’t find a more suitable one.
She unconsciously grabbed his clothes tighter, asking softly, “Isn’t ’cause trouble and then abandon it’ more about how frivolous men treat devoted women? Your Highness shouldn’t use such words.”
“Why shouldn’t I? You’ve disrupted my heart and want to leave unscathed. Isn’t this ’cause trouble and then abandon it’?” Yuwen Chu lazily reclined on the couch, his eyes bright, his lips slightly curved, breathtakingly handsome from any angle.
Mingzhu fell silent for a moment, then said seriously, “I don’t know when I disturbed Your Highness’s heart.”
Yuwen Chu raised his hand, brushing away a strand of hair that had fallen to her lips, and chuckled, “Guess.”
“I can’t guess.” Mingzhu replied quickly, “I’m not a smart person, I’ve always known that. I can’t understand people’s intentions, I don’t know when someone is plotting against me, when someone is bullying me behind my back, even… when someone actually despises me and hates me to the bone, I don’t know…” Her eyes suddenly turned red, tears welling up as she choked, “That’s not the scariest part. The scariest part is, when others cherish, love, and pamper me, when others plan for me, I don’t know how to cherish them, how to reciprocate…”
That’s why her Father ended up despairing and dying, her Mother had to raise grandchildren at such an old age and wander the world, why her aunt died with so many regrets, why her fourth and second brothers died so horribly, why her siblings, sister-in-law, nephews, and nieces died in such anger and unwillingness! She was a useless and heartless person.
Mingzhu silently crawled to Yuwen Chu’s chest, tears flowing freely, letting out countless surging emotions, crushing her to the point of being bruised, wishing to die to atone for her sins. Everyone was using all their strength for the family, even the laziest fourth brother, the youngest nephew and niece, were trying in their own ways. Only she, in a daze, only had Yuwen You and their love and hatred in her eyes.
A person like her was what her Father meant by “truly wasting food,” right? Mingzhu was afraid that Dong Hui, Su Lan, and the others outside would hear her, so she bit her hand hard, trying not to cry out.
All the tender affection in Yuwen Chu disappeared. He remained silent, forcefully taking Mingzhu’s hand out of her mouth, then stuffing his own handkerchief into her mouth. The intention was to say, if you want to bite, then bite this, if you want to cry, then cry as much as you want. Even though I don’t know why you’re so sad, if you want to cry, just cry. And then, to my disappointment, I regretted being soft-hearted for a moment and let you pass just with seven times! It should have been at least twenty times, and then halved to ten.
He thought to himself, gently patting Mingzhu’s back. Mingzhu wanted to cry heartily, but her mood was interrupted by the handkerchief stuffed in her mouth. Who knows what grudge there is between her and Yuwen Chu? She couldn’t even cry properly, he had to stuff a handkerchief in her mouth to remind her of how foolish she was.
Mingzhu pulled out the handkerchief, resolutely grabbing Yuwen Chu’s face, unabashedly wiping her tears and snot all over. You like cleanliness, don’t you? You’re so vain, aren’t you? Let me show you what it feels like!
Yuwen Chu struggled violently, but Mingzhu refused to let go, clinging to him, using every means possible to keep him entangled, making it impossible for him to shake her off. As they joked and played, neither of them cared whether the canopy could bear their weight and collapse at any moment.
After laughing enough, Mingzhu agilely rolled over, propping her chin on her hand, staring at Yuwen Chu. “Your Highness, the person just now wasn’t me.”
Yuwen Chu also looked at her, saying seriously, “Then who was it?”
Mingzhu smiled, “That person is a useless lunatic, and also a waste of food.”
“Oh. I see. Then let me eat that bug, so that even if she wants to go crazy, she can only do it in my stomach.” Yuwen Chu pulled her over, letting her rest on his arm, whispering, “Be a person with integrity and don’t cause trouble only to abandon it.”
Mingzhu thought quietly for a moment, then smiled and said, “Mmm.”
Both of them wanted to just lie there without moving, but there was still a large group of people waiting outside. Mingzhu didn’t want to wake up tomorrow morning to find everyone staring at her with unknown intentions, so she pushed Yuwen Chu gently, “Your Highness, where are my shoes?”
Yuwen Chu reluctantly sat up and gestured for her to look. He searched behind the curtain for a moment until a section of the wall separated, revealing a locked door. He took out a key, unlocked the door, and gestured to Mingzhu, “Follow me.”
Inside the door wasn’t pitch black, but rather illuminated with soft lighting, indicating regular maintenance. Mingzhu’s curiosity and excitement faded a bit: “What’s in there?”
“It’s the staircase leading upstairs. I usually rest or attend to urgent matters up there.” Yuwen Chu showed her the key he had just used to unlock the door. “This is the key I retrieved from the small table beside the bed earlier. In the future, if you need to find me, you can unlock the door and come up yourself.”
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